Results and evaluation of thirty years of health recordings in the norwegian dairy cattle population

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4483-4497

  Osteras O ^a,b   Solbu, H ^c,d   Refsdal, A O ^c   Roalkvam, T ^a   Filseth, O ^c   Minsaas, A ^c  

^a TINE SA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Quality System for Agriculture   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bovine health; Disease recording; Recording system

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; KETOACIDOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; KETOSIS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORWAY; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 34848833306     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0030     Document Type: Article

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